Church's vision comes true in New Rochelle

11:57 PM,
Mar. 10, 2013

A new senior citizen apartment building in New Rochelle being completed by a development arm of Shiloh Baptist Church and Westhab.

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Workers need to move in a few final pieces of furniture and affix the address to the front, but the five-story affordable-apartment building long-envisioned by the Shiloh Baptist Church is already home to more than three dozen senior citizens.

"Everything is beautiful," said Mary Winstead, 92, a resident of the building at 29 Kress Ave. "We have beautiful shiny floors. Our closets are nice and big. The rooms are beautiful."

The building, constructed on two properties behind the Lincoln Avenue church, has 39 rented one-bedroom apartments and a unit for the superintendent. ...